Interlocutor (politics)
{{Short description|Informal diplomat}}
An interlocutor is someone who informally explains the views of a government and also can relay messages back to a government.{{cite news|title=Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar & Ansari to be interlocutors|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-10-14/news/27589776_1_interlocutors-m-m-ansari-jammu-and-kashmir|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403034504/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-10-14/news/27589776_1_interlocutors-m-m-ansari-jammu-and-kashmir|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 3, 2015|accessdate=29 July 2012|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=Oct 14, 2010}}
Examples
- Narinder Nath Vohra, Government of India's former Special Representative for carrying out the Jammu and Kashmir Dialogue.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vohra-just-the-man-for-kashmir/321751/0|title=Vohra: Just the man for Kashmir|last=Sinha|first=Amitabh|date=June 12, 2008|website=The Indian Express|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=January 16, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present1.htm|title=Present Governor - N. N. Vohra|last=|first=|date=|website=Raj Bhavan, Jammu and Kashmir|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227134143/http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present1.htm|archive-date=December 27, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=January 16, 2018}}
- Dineshwar Sharma, Government of India's former Special Representative for carrying out the Jammu and Kashmir Dialogue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/dineshwar-sharma-rajnath-singh-kashmir-1070149-2017-10-23|title=Ex-IB chief Dineshwar Sharma appointed govt representative on Kashmir; Centre open to dialogue|last1=Sen|first1=Sudhi Ranjan|last2=Sandhu|first2=Kamaljit Kaur|date=October 23, 2017|website=India Today|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=January 16, 2018|last3=Shekhar|first3=Kumar Shakti}}{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/dineshwar-sharma-formally-appointed-centres-interlocutor-for-jammu-and-kashmir-4906081/|title=Dineshwar Sharma formally appointed Centre's interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir|last=|first=|authorlink=|date=October 25, 2017|website=The Indian Express|access-date=January 15, 2018}}
- R. N. Ravi, Government of India's former Special Representative for carrying out the Nagaland Peace Accord.{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/what-the-naga-peace-accord-really-means/20150804.htm |title=Peace at last, peace at last. Thank God Almighty, peace at last. - Rediff.com India News |work=Rediff.com |date=2015-08-04 |accessdate=2015-10-31}}